Fairfield man arrested in hit-and-run incident

FAIRFIELD TWP. A Fairfield man was arrested on Monday, Nov. 6,
after township police came to the assistance of an off-duty Passaic
County police officer in pursuit of a hit-and-run driver, according
to Lt. Steven Gutkin.

Officer Thomas Crowell responded to the area of Little Falls
Road after monitoring a radio transmission that the off-duty
Passaic County police officer was following a vehicle which had
allegedly been involved in a hit-and-run motor vehicle accident on
Route 3, Gutkin said.

Police said Crowell found the Passaic County officer with the
suspected vehicle stopped in Harding Drive. The off-duty officer
said the suspected vehicle, a white Ford van, allegedly struck
another vehicle while both were traveling on Route 3 West. The
driver of the van, Boudan Burdzy, 55, of Fairfield, was placed
under arrest for driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of
an accident.

Burdzy was held in Fairfield on $500 bail and was charged with
refusal to submit to breath tests and assaulting a police officer
after allegedly striking Officer Crowell with a shoe during
processing, according to Gutkin.

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